Food pantries on the rise at US college campuses

With the cost of a public education up 27 percent in the past five years, some students are being forced to choose between eating and learning.

“We were hearing rumblings around campus that said students were running out of meal points at the end of the semester. We wanted to serve both the students who were hurting in that they didn't have enough to eat period throughout the day and also the students who could only afford to buy pizza or ramen.”